A Lansing, Illinois teen was in police custody Wednesday morning in connection with the stabbing of two high school students -- one fatally -- in Northwest Indiana the night before.
Charges were pending against 19-year-old Tyler McAfee, who allegedly attacked the 17-year-old and 18-year-old Hanover Central High School Students.
Cedar Lake, Indiana Police Chief Jerry Smith said the attack happened following a two-car crash near West 142nd Place and Lauerman Street.
The two younger teens had stopped their vehicle to talk to two people walking along the side of the road at about 8:30 p.m. when a second vehicle, allegedly driven by McAfee, crashed into them. During an argument, the 17-year-old and 18-year-old boys were stabbed.
Both were later taken to St. Anthony's Medical Center in Crown Point, where the youngest teen was pronounced dead. The Times of Northwest Indiana identified the slain teen as Alton Bradley of Cedar Lake. The 18-year-old was in stable condition on Tuesday morning, Smith said.
McAfee was also taken to St. Anthony's and was treated for injuries before being turned over to police.
The attack comes as a shock to Hanover Central High’s administration, the school’s superintendent Tom Taylor said, because “this type of thing doesn’t happen around here.”
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Bradley, who worked in the school's Building Trades program, was "the person people could count on to believe in when they couldn't believe in themselves," his family said in a statement.
"He was the person anyone could call on if they just wanted someone good to be around," they said of his passing.
